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nAlongnwith the holidays called All-Hallow’s Eve, All Saint’s Day, and Daynof the Dead, this is a day to honor loved ones who have died. It isncelebrated in many parts of the world, particularly in Catholicncommunities, and it this celebration often lasts more than two daysn(hence all the different names for the evening and each day). n
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nOfferingsnto the dead include marigolds, lit candles, food, incense, and photosnor other memorabilia. Some people decorate with paper mache skulls ornmake and eat sugar skulls. There are spectacular parades of skeletonsnand ghouls, and cardboard coffins are rigged so that skeletons jumpnout at random times!
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nOnna lighter note, today is also…
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nCookienMonster Day
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nTodaynis the birthday of the big, blue, furry, goggle-eyed Cookie Monster,nwho (like me) LOVES cookies!
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nThenCookie Monster is known for his insatiable appetite. That means hennever gets full and is usually sooooo hungry for cookies or anythingnelse (he’s even eaten letters and hubcaps!), he goes into a messy,nnoisy feeding frenzy. n
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nTonlearn more about the Cookie Monster, check out Muppet Wiki.
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nDoodle!
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nJimnHensen, creator of the Muppets, dreamed up the Cookie Monster andnother famous characters while doodling! Grab your favorite pencil ornpen and start filling up some paper with doodles of your own. Be surento doodle widely and wildly—draw everything from flowers andncurlicues to animals and monsters to machines and jets to branchesnand gears and buttons and mountains.
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nAnnew book about doodling has been released to inspire you further:nDoodling with Jim Hensen.
